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S.  R.  A.— B.  S.  21.  \  ^  J    Issued  July  1,   1918. 

United  StatesT5epartment  of  Agriculture. 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 
E.  W.  Nelson,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  COLLECTING  OF  BIRDS  AND 
THEIR  NESTS  AND  EGGS  ON  FEDERAL  BIRD  RESERVATIONS 
FOR  SCIENTIFIC  AND  PROPAGATING  PURPOSES. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture by  Section  84  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "  An  act  to 
codify,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United  States,"  ap- 
proved March  4,  1909  (35  Stat.,  1088).  the  following  rules  and 
regulations  to  permit  and  govern  the  collecting  of  birds  and  their 
nests  and  eggs  for  scientific  and  propagating  purposes  on  lands  of 
the  United  States  set  apart  and  reserved  as  breeding  grounds  for 
birds  by  law.  proclamation,  or  Executive  order,  are  hereby  pre- 
scribed, effective  June  15,  1918: 

REGULATION   1. 

When  compatible  with  the  conservation  of  the  birds  and  with  the  laws  of  the 
State  or  Territory  in  which  the  reservation  is  situated,  permits  to  collect  birds 
and  their  nests  and  eggs  for  scientific  and  propagating  purposes  may  be  issued 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

REGULATION  2. 

Applications  for  permits  must  be  addressed  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  must  contain  the  following  information:  The  name  of 
the  reservation;  the  time  when  the  collection  is  to  be  made:  the  names  of  the 
species  and  the  number  of  specimens  of  each  species  desired;  the  purpose  of 

the  collection;  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  individual  or  institution  mak- 
ing the  application. 

REGULATION   3. 

Within  three  months  after  collecting  birds,  their  nests,  or  eggs,  permittees 
shall  report  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  the  names  of  the  species  and  the 
number  of  specimens  of  each  species  collected,  the  name  of  the  reservation  on 

which  the  species  were  taken,  the  dates  between  which  the  collection  was  made, 
and  the  disposition  made  of  the  specimens  collected. 
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REGULATION  4. 

Specimens  of  birds  and  their  nests  and  eggs  required  for  use  in  the  official 
Investigations  of  the  Bureau  of  Biological  Survey,  Department  of  Agriculture, 
may  be  collected  by  employees  of  the  bureau  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the 
State  or  Territory  in  which  the  reservation  is  situated,  at  such  times  as  the 
chief  of  said  bureau  may  designate. 

The  order  of  April  8,  1916  (S.  R.  A.-B.  S.  8),  is  hereby  revoked. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  affixed  my  hand  and  the 
official  seal  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  in  the 
District  of  Columbia  this  15th  day  of  June.  1918. 

|  skat,.]  D.  F.  Houston, 

Secret  art/  of  Agricultwre. 


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